(NESSUS:
Lesson 3)

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Section 0. Background
Information

What is the purpose of this lesson?

In the previous lessons you use NMAP to
determine which services were running, using a methodology known as port scanning. This lesson will
teach you how use Nessus to conduct a vulnerability assessment.

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